Spraying-spar.



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SPRAYING SMR.

APPLICATION FILED DBO? Z2, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 1, 1904.

PATENT- OFFICE.

SPRAYING-SPAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 753,730, dated March 1, 1904.

y Application filed December 22, 1903. Serial No. 186,213. (No model.)

T0 MZ whom t may concern.-Y

Be it known that I, WILLIS H. OWEN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Catawba Island, in the county of Ottawa and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spraying-Spars; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in spraying apparatus; and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient device comprising a hollowtube or spar which may be of any length and comprises a series of nozzles at intervals and having a suitable branching pipe carrying a valve whereby the feeding of the liquid being sprayed may be regulated, said branching pipe affording convenient means, as a handle, by which the tubular portion of the apparatus carrying the nozzles may be conveniently operated and brought into convenient positions for spraying trees or shrubbe'ry of different heights.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claim. y

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application and' in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like partsin the views, in which-- Q Figure l is a side elevation of my improved spraying apparatus, and Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view through the same.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a pipe which may be of any suitable length, having plugged or closed ends B. Said pipe is perforated atl intervals along its length adapted vto receive the shank portions of the nozzles (I, which are controlled by valves D, whereby one vor any number of the nozzles may be brought into play.

E designates a branching pipe which has communication at its upper end with the pipe A through the right-angled portion E', and a valve F, preferably of quick-acting construction, is positioned 'at any convenient location, preferably near the upper end of the pipe E, and controls the flow of the liquid or gaseous material which is fed through into the pipe A. The lower end of the pipe E is connected to a union H, which has a pipe K connecting the same with a union A near the lower end of the pipe A. Said pipe K is provided witha plug or partition K', as shown in the sectional view of the drawings, for the purpose of preventing the flow of the spraying material into the lower end of the pipe A A pipe connection N is provided for attachment to a hose adapted to lead to a supply-tank or pump and through which the spraying material may be fed to the pipe E preparatory to its being forced through into the pipe A and out through the nozzles.

By the provision of an apparatus embodying the features of my invention and which may be used for compressed air or in connection with a spraying-pump the various parts of trees may be conveniently reached, and the branching pipe affords a means whereby the .device may be conveniently handled.

While I have shown'a particular construction of apparatus embodying the features of my invention, it will be understood that, if desired, various shapes of branching pipes and nozzles may be employed and the device altered in various details, if desired, without in any Way departing from the-spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A portable spraying apparatus comprising a pipe, caps over the ends of said pipe, a series of branching valve-carrying pipes, aseries of In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my T-shaped nozzles projecting from and commuslgnature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

nicating With said pipes, velvet-plugs mounted in said nozzles, branching pipes projecting WLLS H OWEN from seid nozzle-carrying pipes, and a Valve- 5 containing pipe connecting and communicat- Witnesses:

ing with said branching pipes, as shown and FANNIE S. GAMBLE,

ROSE E. GAMBLE.

described. 

